The mother of a Pinkerton Academy senior is fighting for her daughter to graduate with her class as her daughter struggles to catch up following a brain injury.

Holly Tveters said it was an uphill battle to get her daughter Elizabeth everything from classwork to tutors, which put her behind in her studies.

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The student and her family were at a hearing Tuesday at the superintendent's office to say that Pinkerton Academy hasn't provided her with the education she needs to graduate.

"If Pinkerton will allow Elizabeth to graduate on June 13, we can walk away right now," Holly Tveters said. "Let her graduate on June 13, and we all go home."

In an often emotionally charged hearing. Holly Tveters pleaded with Pinkerton Academy and Derry Cooperative School District officials, trying to make the case that her daughter was not given a fair education after suffering from a brain injury two years ago.

Elizabeth Tveters, 18, was hit in the head during a field hockey camp and spent six months out of school. Her mother contended that when she was cleared to go back, Pinkerton initially wouldn't let her, and she said the school has recently been standing in the way of her education.

"For five months, she wasn't getting tutoring," Holly Tveters said. "She wasn't getting direct instruction, not even the assignments so she could at least do some of the work herself."

Neither Pinkerton Academy nor the school district commented on the claims, but at Tuesday's hearing, an attorney for the school pointed out that despite the accusations, Elizabeth Tveters's GPA has been going up.

Elizabeth Tveters said that all she wants is to march with her class, but she's now a half credit short.

"I'm so close," she said. "I only have a little bit left to do, and I can't stay there another year. I can't go through it another year."

The hearing officer said all information regarding the case must be in by Friday, and he then has 10 days to make a decision.